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Dem House candidate's 2013 arrest resurfaces in pivotal race for control of Congress

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and pollster Mark Penn analyze Michigan primary voting data showing candidate Abdul El-Sayed winning college towns, including Ypsilanti, by 53 points, while candidate Haley Stevens won Flint and Wayne County precincts. A far-left candidate running for the House of Representatives in Michigan was arrested for resisting police during a 2013 protest. William Lawrence, co-founder of the progressive Sunrise Movement, is challenging Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., in one of the most closely-watched elections in the country. With so few congressional seats still expected to be up in the air, a victory there could be decisive for whichever party wins control in November. Fox News Digital obtained documents that show Lawrence was among a group of people arrested in 2013 during a demonstration against the Enbridge

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Dem House candidate's 2013 arrest resurfaces in pivotal race for control of Congress

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Dem House candidate's 2013 arrest resurfaces in pivotal race for control of Congress

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